They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
- Directed by
- W. S. Van Dyke
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man chooses a criminal path to achieve success but struggles with the consequences. The story follows his failures and the dark outcome of his shortcut to the American dream.
darkbleaktensegrimmelancholicgrittysuspenseful
What happens
They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir, with its dark theme regarding the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to the American dream. The screenplay was written by Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum and Maurice Rapf, based on the 1936 book of the same name by William J. Cowen. On March 20, 1937, director W.S. Van Dyke "announced Henry Mahan was cast in 'They Gave Him A Gun', joining Sam Levene and Teddy Hart, the three swell comedians in the film version of Three Men on a Horse", but none of these actors appear in the final cut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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